"It’s [of the] same organism but, in this case, the infection resides in a lymph node," said Dr. Terry Frankovich, medical director for the Marquette County Health Department.

The bubonic plague, in fact, is notably marked by one or more swollen, tender and painful lymph nodes, usually in the groin, armpit or neck.

With the bubonic plague, people are most often infected by bites from infected fleas or when they have direct contact with the tissues or body fluids from an infected animal. The highest risk is in settings that offer food and shelter for rodents — campsites and cabins, for example, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.

The Michigander's case did not develop into the more contagious pneumonic form of the plague. Pneumonic plague may be passed between humans, infecting the lungs and causing a rapidly developing pneumonia that can lead to respiratory failure and shock, according to the CDC.

In fact, the adult is recovering after a hospitalization and diagnosis "within the past weeks." A lab confirmed the culture Monday.

[NICE OF THEM TO LET US KNOW[i] WEEKS[/u][/i] AFTERWARD. IT DOES NOT TAKE WEEKS TO CULTURE FOR PLAGUE.]

The plague is rare, with an average of seven human cases reported across the U.S. each year, according to the CDC.

However, the western U.S. is experiencing an increase in reported cases of plague in 2015, with 14 human cases, including four deaths reported.

The reason for the increase is not known."

MILITARY LABS MISLABEL, MISHANDLE LIVE PLAGUE SAMPLES

IN THE NEWS YET AGAIN LAST WEEK WAS THE DISCOVERY BY THE CDC, WHICH THEMSELVES MISHANDLED EBOLA, ENCEPHALITIS AND LIVE ANTHRAX SAMPLES IN THE PAST, THAT AT LEAST FOUR TOP MILITARY LABORATORIES HAD BEEN SHIPPING LIVE PLAGUE TO OTHER LABS THAT WERE LABELED "DEAD"...FOR PERHAPS 10 YEARS OR MORE.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention flagged the practices after inspections last month at an Army lab in Maryland, one of the Pentagon's most secure labs.

EIGHT YEARS AGO, WE HAD A ROUND OF "NATIONAL" LABS MISHANDLING, LOSING, AND MISLABELING LIVE LETHAL VIRUSES AND BACTERIA.

SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE.

WILL WE SEE A REPEAT OF THE 1918 FORT DIX TYPE EXPERIMENT, BACK WHEN THE MILITARY WAS PLAYING WITH THE SPANISH FLU?ACTUALLY, 1918 WAS REPEATED AT FORT DIX IN 1976, WASN'T IT?

WITH THE MILITARY AND CDC LABS ALL SENDING SAMPLES OF THEIR BIO-WARFARE TOYS TO COLLEGE LABORATORIES AND OTHERS PERHAPS NOT EQUIPPED OR SKILLED TO HANDLE LIVE PATHOGENS, L;ABS WHO THINK THEY ARE GETTING DEAD PATHOGENS FOR STUDY, IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL WE SEE THAT STEPHEN KING MASTERPIECE, "THE STAND", HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE.

"CAPTAIN TRIPS" COULD BE HEADED FOR A COMMUNITY NEAR US.

ONE MISTAKE (OR WHAT MAY LOOK LIKE A MISTAKE) AND AMERICANS COULD REVISIT THAT SPANISH FLU PANDEMIC, ONLY WITH LIVE ANTHRAX AND PLAGUE FLOATING AROUND OUT THERE, SOMEWHERE, WE'RE NOT SURE WHERE, WE COULD BE IN FOR SOME ROUGHER DAYS AHEAD THAN THAT 20 MILLION LOST WORLDWIDE TO THE OLD SPANISH FLU.

The investigation noted that many labs, including the CDC, have fought to keep records secret about incidents and regulatory actions.

However, for the first time since the scandal broke in May about an Army lab's botched handling of anthrax, the Pentagon is now acknowledging that worries now extend to other lethal agents that it studies."

WHAT OTHER "LETHAL AGENTS"?

THAT'S CLASSIFIED.

THEY DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO PANIC, MAYBE?

OR,MAYBE, THEY DON'T WANT TO ADVERTISE HOW DEEPLY THEY ARE INVOLVED WITH CREATING "WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION"?

USA TODAY HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS FOR YEARS.

IN JANUARY, THEY WERE TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW RAMPANT MISHANDLING HAD BEEN AT CDC'S OWN LABS!

The CDC granted the request "expedited" processing status because USA TODAY had demonstrated there is a compelling public need for the information. The agency initially said it anticipated responding by June 4. THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS.

In an emailed statement, the CDC on Tuesday [THIS WAS IN JUNE] said: "This request by USA Today likely involves thousands of records, and there are over a million pages of documents in the queue ahead of this one. These all need to be carefully reviewed for security, confidentiality and other restrictions and thus the time needed to respond will be significant."

"THOUSANDS OF RECORDS"?OF SCREW-UPS?OF "ERRORS"?""Some labs ignored information requests or attempted to charge hundreds of dollars in fees for records they are required to make public as a condition of their federal research funding. Others sought to conceal information about the pathogens they experiment with, lab mistakes or disciplinary actions taken by federal regulators. One lab even lobbied its state legislature for a bill to exempt its research records, citing USA TODAY's request for its biosafety records.

Several labs claimed that bioterrorism laws prohibited them from releasing any information about their work with pathogens designated as select agents — the regulatory term for viruses, bacteria and toxins that have the potential to be used as bioterror weapons. And many persisted in these claims even after reporters pointed out the labs' own press releases, websites and research papers touting their work with these same pathogens.

Regulators from the Federal Select Agent Program told USA TODAY there are no rules or laws restricting labs from discussing the type of select agent work they do or the names of the pathogens involved. The only prohibitions involve specific information about security measures — such as locations of keys or security codes."

WHY HIDE THE INFORMATION THEN?

USA TODAY HAS FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT TO EXPOSE THE SHODDY WAY IN WHICH GOVERNMENT LABS ARE RUN, BUT AFTER 6 YEARS OR SO, THEY'VE HIT ANOTHER DEAD END, IT SEEMS.

OF INTEREST TO THE TEA ROOM IS THE ONGOING SEARCH FOR NEW VIRUSES.I MEAN, WHY SEARCH FOR NEW STRAINS EXCEPT TO HAVE SOMETHING THE OTHER GUYS WHO ARE PLAYING "BUILD A PANDEMIC WEAPON" DON'T HAVE, RIGHT?

I HAD HOPED TO PROVIDE A MAP OF ALL "NATIONAL LABORATORIES", MILITARY AND OTHERWISE, BUT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING PUBLISHED?

MAYBE THEY JUST DON'T WANT US TO WORRY...OR, WORSE, PANIC?

AFTER ALL, WE'VE ALL BEEN FAIR GAME FOR TESTING SINCE, WELL, SINCE DAY 1?THEY HAD A "LAW" FOR THAT...

PUBLIC LAW 95-79 [P.L. 95-79]TITLE 50, CHAPTER 32, SECTION 1520"CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM""The use of human subjects will be allowed for the testing of chemical and biological agents by the U.S. Department of Defense, accounting to Congressional committees with respect to the experiments and studies."

Public Law 95-79, Title VIII, Sec. 808, July 30, 1977, 91 Stat. 334. In U.S. Statutes-at-Large, Vol. 91, page 334, you will find Public Law 95-79. Public Law 97-375, title II, Sec. 203(a)(1), Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1882. In U.S. Statutes-at-Large, Vol. 96, page 1882, you will find Public Law 97-375.

ALSO, FOR A LOOK AT HOW LITTLE OUR "TESTING" BOYS CARE ABOUT THE REST OF US, HAVE A SHORT READ <HERE>.

AND, FINALLY, FOR THOSE OF YOU ALIVE OR BORN RIGHT AFTER 1965 IN NEVADA OR CALIFORNIA, THERE WAS A NUCLEAR EXPERIMENT, AKIN TO THE GREEN RUN UP BY HANFORD IN WASHINGTON STATE, WHICH MAY HAVE AFFECTED YOUR DNA:

FROM THE BEGINNING, THE INTENTION WAS TO EXPOSE UNSUSPECTING AMERICAN PEOPLE TO RADIATION.

IT WAS NOT THE FIRST SUCH TEST, NOR WAS IT THE LAST.

THE GUYS WHO BROUGHT THE WORLD 'THE MANHATTAN PROJECT' ALSO GAVE US THE KIWI-TNT NUCLEAR "TEST".

The test was conducted at the Nuclear Rocket Development Station. Jackass Flats, Nevada. on January 12. 1965. at 1058 PST.

The LOS Alamos Scientific Laboratory collected environmental data from the test point to approximately 50 miles downwind.

The U.S. Public Health Service monitored the neighborhood and collected milk samples in southern Nevada and California to beyond 200 miles downwind. The course of the effluent cloud was tracked by aircraft from the U. S. Public Health Service and EG&G, and increased radioactivity in routine air samples was observed in Barstow, San Bernadino, Los Angeles and San Diego, Calif., a few days after the explosion, according to the archive documents.WELL, THEY DO HAVE A TEST FARM (aka, ANIMAL TORTURE SITE. NO ANIMAL SHOULD BE FORCED TO EXIST LIKE THAT!) , BUT LOOKS LIKE THE WHOLE NATION IS A TEST FARM, YES?

TAKE CARE, HUMAN POPULATION.WE ARE GUINEA PIGS STILL.

LET'S HOPE THEY BECOME MORE CAREFUL IN HANDLING VIALS OF LIVE PLAGUE BACTERIA, EBOLA, ANTHRAX, ENCEPHALITIS, ETC! Posted by Waninahi at 7:03 AMUP AND TELL THEIR GOVERNMENT BACK ...

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The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s (IDHW) Public Health Preparedness Program is currently recruiting for an Ebola Coordinator in the Bureau of EMS and Preparedness. We are seeking someone who has familiarity with Idaho’s healthcare system, project and grants managements experience, critical thinking skills, developed interpersonal skills, and excellent written and verbal communications skills. The Bureau of EMS and Preparedness has received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response through 2016. The bureau is seeking a part-time, benefited temp to work approximately 26 hours per week.Potential for travel around the state up to 5% of time.

Responsibilities:

Coordinate and oversee that state and federal requirements associated with the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program and Healthcare Preparedness Program Ebola grants are met while coordinating all subgrant activities with the local Public Health Districts (PHDs).

Coordinate, manage, and provide technical information and guidance on Ebola public health and healthcare supplemental grants to internal and external staff and multiple levels of government across various disciplines.

As needed, coordinate site visits between IDHW, PHDs, and prospective Ebola assessment hospitals; assist in reviewing Ebola readiness plans of these hospitals, as needed, to determine gaps in readiness.

Update the statewide Ebola concept of operations (CONOPS) plan outlining Idaho’s comprehensive public health and healthcare system approach for a person under monitoring showing symptoms of Ebola virus disease.

Coordinate with the PHDs to develop capabilities of Regional Healthcare Coalitions to enable their members to care for Ebola patients.

Collaborate with the PHDs to ensure state and regional exercises test coordination of appropriate partners and address transport, emergency public information and warning, information sharing, patient referral, and laboratories to meet the subgrant deliverables.

Experience developing technical written materials such as policies, technical manuals or rules/regulations;

Experience providing technical program assistance to staff.

Additional Qualifications: Are not required; however, having the minimum qualifications plus the education, licensure, and/or experience below is desirable.

Experience working with and analyzing information provided by partner agencies related to Public Health Preparedness. Typically gained by at least two years of experience working in a public health setting, working in public health emergency management at the local and/or regional level

Education from an accredited college or university in a public health field. Typically gained by a Bachelor’s degree in biological sciences, public health, nursing (current RN license) or a closely related field

Licensure as a Registered Nurse in Idaho or state licensure as a Registered Nurse pursuant to the Nurse Licensure Compact, Idaho Code 54-1418. For licensure information, please contact the Idaho Board of Nursing at www.ibn.idaho.gov.

Experience managing grants. Typically gained by at least one year of professional experience in project or grants management where a primary duty was budget and grant compliance reporting

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The influx of asylum seekers has brought health concerns to Europe. About 15% of newly arriving migrants (approx. 200 000 people) require immediate treatment. Doctors admit some of the illnesses have been transmitted by refugees and the EU is not ready to provide its citizents with appropriate treatment. Several diseases represent a real people's life threat: cholera, HIV, Hepatitis A, B, C, E, polio, malaria, leishmaniasis, etc.

WHO DIRECTOR-GENERAL SUMMARIZES THE OUTCOME OF THE EMERGENCY COMMITTEE ON ZIKAWHO statement on the first meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations

1 February 2016 I convened an Emergency Committee, under the International Health Regulations, to gather advice on the severity of the health threat associated with the continuing spread of Zika virus disease in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Committee met today by teleconference.In assessing the level of threat, the 18 experts and advisers looked in particular at the strong association, in time and place, between infection with the Zika virus and a rise in detected cases of congenital malformations and neurological complications. The experts agreed that a causal relationship between Zika infection during pregnancy and microcephaly is strongly suspected, though not yet scientifically proven. All agreed on the urgent need to coordinate international efforts to investigate and understand this relationship better. The experts also considered patterns of recent spread and the broad geographical distribution of mosquito species that can transmit the virus. The lack of vaccines and rapid and reliable diagnostic tests, and the absence of population immunity in newly affected countries were cited as further causes for concern.After a review of the evidence, the Committee advised that the recent cluster of microcephaly cases and other neurological disorders reported in Brazil, following a similar cluster in French Polynesia in 2014, constitutes an “extraordinary event” and a public health threat to other parts of the world. In their view, a coordinated international response is needed to minimize the threat in affected countries and reduce the risk of further international spread.Members of the Committee agreed that the situation meets the conditions for a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.I have accepted this advice. I am now declaring that the recent cluster of microcephaly cases and other neurological disorders reported in Brazil, following a similar cluster in French Polynesia in 2014, constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.A coordinated international response is needed to improve surveillance, the detection of infections, congenital malformations, and neurological complications, to intensify the control of mosquito populations, and to expedite the development of diagnostic tests and vaccines to protect people at risk, especially during pregnancy. The Committee found no public health justification for restrictions on travel or trade to prevent the spread of Zika virus.At present, the most important protective measures are the control of mosquito populations and the prevention of mosquito bites in at-risk individuals, especially pregnant women.

Salvadoran Armed Forces Private Santos Marroquín fumigates the area around a park in the neighborhood of Las Palmeras, municipality of Santa Tecla, on February 4th as part of the fight against the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the Zika virus. [Photo: Gloria Cañas] By Eduardo Szklarz and Lorena Baires The Armed Forces of several countries in the Americas are providing crucial support to public health authorities fighting the Zika virus, and are playing a key role in preventing the spread of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, a carrier of the Zika, dengue and chikungunya viruses.

The Pan-American Health Organization said the Zika virus has spread so rapidly throughout the region because the populace had no previous exposure to it and therefore lacks immunity, and because the Aedes aegypti mosquito is present in all countries of the Americas, except Canada and continental Chile.

Regional cooperation between partner nations is a key component of the strategy to stop the spread of the Zika virus. On February 2nd, the Central American Integration System (SICA), which comprises the governments of Central America and the Dominican Republic, held an extraordinary meeting of heads of state to implement a regional action plan to combat the virus.

“Since there still is no cure or treatment, it is necessary to look for solutions that let us halt the spread of this terrible disease, and at the same time, allow us to control it and improve our capabilities to treat those suffering from it,” said SICA Secretary General Victoria de Avilés during the meeting. Educating the people

The Monte 12 Engineering Battalion uses trucks to remove barrels and containers that could hold eggs and larvae for the Aedes aegypti mosquito in the municipality of Goya in the province of Corrientes, Argentina, one of the provinces most afflicted by the mosquito. [Photo: Argentine Army]

On February 1st, after 4,473 cases of Zika were recorded in the country, Honduras declared a national alert, and members of the Honduran Armed Forces deployed nationwide to help the population take steps to control the mosquito.

“The Military units received instructions to aid Hondurans in different regions by setting up emergency operation centers,” explained Honduran Army spokesperson Colonel Jorge Cerrato. “This brings them closer to the population and [helps] stop this public health threat.”

In El Salvador, the Ministry of Health has treated 3,302 cases of Zika since January 1st, and about 7,000 instances of the virus since November 26th, when authorities recorded the first infection. To support the nation's fight against the Zika virus, the Salvadoran Armed Forces (FAES, for its Spanish acronym) sent members of the Military Health Battalion to join the national seminar on the vector mosquito on January 21st.

“Our service members have been trained and taught how to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquito and we work hard to provide guidance to the population about controlling nests. Our mission is to protect the people from the health threats brought on by the Zika virus,” explained First Lieutenant Franco Zelaya, coordinator of the FAES Fumigation and Cleaning Brigades, during a visit to the neighborhood of Las Palmeras in the municipality of Santa Tecla.

Citizens have expressed gratefulness to the Salvadoran service members because of their attention to detail in checking places where mosquitoes might reproduce, such as unused tires, barrels, patios, and yards. “We are relieved that these Soldiers have come to fumigate all the houses in the neighborhood and teach us how terrible it is to catch Zika,” stated Zoila Marroquín, a 48-year-old housewife and resident of Las Palmeras. “I think that now we will be more aware and destroy nests.”

The Dominican Republic's Armed Forces are responding to the advance of the Zika virus by deploying service members to intensify support for epidemiological surveillance in coordination with the Ministry of Public Health, provincial governors, and local mayoral offices.

“Our service members are providing guidance to our citizens to raise awareness about how dangerous these diseases are, their characteristics, their symptoms, and the procedures to follow if they suspect they have contracted the Zika virus,” stated Major General José Matos, Chief of Staff of the Dominican Army, during the launch of the national seminar on Zika on January 29th.

Dominican service members have been deployed to the provinces of San Cristóbal, Azua, Pedernales, Independencia, Elías Piña, Dajabón, and Monte Cristi. Dominican authorities confirmed the first 10 cases of Zika on January 23rd. Since then, service members and Ministry of Public Heath Brigades have visited 56,216 homes and eliminated 8,506 mosquito nests, sprayed larvicide on 31,896 containers, and delivered 59,881 educational speeches. South American action

While 220,000 Brazilian service members took to the streets to provide guidance to the populace starting on February 13th, the Argentine Army is combating the insect in provinces that have been most severely affected by the epidemic, such as Misiones and Corrientes.

The efforts of service members are coordinated by the Ministry of Defense’s Department of Logistics, Emergency Cooperation, Culture, and Community. “The tasks carried out by the Army include cleaning property, removing containers, assisting in preventive medicine control measures, and giving informational talks,” the Argentine Ministry of Defense Social Communications Office told Diálogo.

In Misiones, for example, the Monte 12 Army Brigade works with a health team providing support at the René Favaloro Hospital in Posadas. The Monte 12 Engineering Battalion and the 1st Armored Brigade are removing barrels from several neighborhoods in conjunction with local authorities in the municipalities of Goya, in Corrientes, and Tandil, in the province of Buenos Aires, reported the Army.

On January 25th, the Corrientes government declared an epidemiological alert due to the spread of dengue in the province, which has so far resulted in 31 recorded cases. In Misiones, the recent rains created favorable conditions for virus outbreaks in several municipalities.

“The governments of Misiones and Corrientes are working together with the forces to prevent and control the spread of the virus afflicting the country’s coast,” the Army stated, adding that informational talks are being organized for Military and civilian personnel and their families about the ongoing situation.

For its part, the Colombian National Army’s Health Bureau is providing training to residents on how to prevent the Zika virus. The Andean country is already the second-most severely impacted by Zika in South America after Brazil, with 20,297 recorded infections as of the third week in January, according to the Colombian National Health Institute.

“In Military units, homes, and in the community at large, we must eliminate all mosquito nesting sites, such as in bushes and flower pots,” the Colombian Army stated on its website. “Also, once a week, we must wash tanks and reservoirs used to store water for household use.”

In response to the accelerating spread of the Zika virus, the World Health Organization’s Emergency Committeedeclared an international public health emergency on February 1st. The Zika virus is associated with microcephaly, a serious birth defect in which a newborn’s head is abnormally small, resulting in an underdeveloped brain and other complications. Among the most common symptoms of Zika are fever, rash, joint pain, conjunctivitis (red eyes), muscle pain, and headaches. Medical authorities believe the Zika virus’s incubation period – the time between a victim being infected and showing symptoms – is probably a few days to a week.

A former luxury hotel-turned migrant centre in Austria is the site of an outbreak of a deadly bacterial disease which has seen at least one migrant put into intensive care.The outbreak of louse-born relapsing fever is just the latest re-emergence of diseases long thought exterminated in Europe, carried back to the continent by a great migratory movement of millions of people from Africa and Asia. Particularly associated with Ethiopia, Sudan, Eritrea, and Somalia, the extremely contagious bacteria causes severe illness and can be fatal in 30 to 70 per cent of cases, according to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.If untreated, the disease has a similar fatality rate to that of the 2015 West African Ebola outbreak.Health authorities in Austria reacted immediately to the outbreak, reportsKronen Zeitung. Salzburg chief of public order Dr. Michael Haybäck said of the urgent measures taken to contain the infection: “According to Article 6 of the Law on Epidemics, we take all necessary measures without delay to meet a suspected case”.The luxurious alpine country resort hotel Kobenzl was placed under quarantine, with rooms placed in lock-down and completely disinfected. Given that body lice are the main vector for the disease, the cleaning of mattresses and clothes was given especial priority.Now all migrants living at the hotel will be required to wash their clothes at 60 degrees for the next six weeks, two weeks beyond the approximate life span of an infected louse. The other residents of the hotel are presently being examined to determine whether there are more cases to come, reportsSalzburg24, but it is not presently known how many cases have been detected in total.All staff at the centre have been issued with protective disposable clothing for their work with the migrants.Borrelia recurrentis, the bacteria transferred from infected lice to humans which causes Relapsing Fever was a global disease a century ago until it was eradicated in Europe. It ravaged eastern Europe in the immediate aftermath of the Great War and during the Russian revolution, killing five million people from 13 million known cases between 1919 and 1923.Migrants have been credited with a host of other diseases appearing in Europe again, in some cases for the first time in decades. As reported by Breitbart London, European hospitals have seen Diphtheria, Tuberculosis, And Malaria cases in historic numbers in the past year.

The Department of Homeland Security will release “harmless particle materials” in the city’s subway system next week.

The “non-toxic, safe gas material” will be released at subway stations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens in order to understand where hazardous material would travel in the event of a biological terrorist attack.

“This is important information to help local authorities to enhance their emergency preparedness,” DHS Program Manager Dr. Donald Bansleben said Friday. Officials said there is currently no credible threat against either New York City or the subway system.

The aedes albopictus mosquito is the primary carrier for the chikungunya virus, also known as CHIK, in the temperate climates of the United States. While Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall officials test regularly for the presence of West Nile Virus in local mosquitoes, joint base residents can take a number of preventative steps to help stem mosquito breeding and activity near residences on the joint base. (U.S. Army photo)

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (NNS) -- Navy Medicine released a mosquito awareness video for Sailors, Marines and their families, June 24.Although the Zika virus has not been spread by mosquitoes in the United States, it could occur. = We know who created Zika and why!

The new video demonstrates how to take extra protective measures during mosquito season, including measures to safeguard your home such as avoiding the use of mosquito attraction devices. "The Navy is actively conducting mosquito surveillance and testing on board installations along the U.S. Gulf and Atlantic coasts," said Cmdr. Alan Lam, deputy associate director, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) Public Health, Emergency Preparedness and Response. "Being educated and aware of preventive measures is vital in avoiding the transmission of the virus." Female mosquitoes lay eggs in small pools of water. To reduce mosquito breeding, eliminate standing water in flower pots, clogged rain gutters, children's pools, tarps and abandoned tires. Install screens on windows and doors and ensure they are in good condition to keep mosquitoes outside. Look for insect repellants that contain 20-35 percent DEET, the most common active ingredient in insect repellant, or 20 percent picaridin. Repellants containing permethrin can be used to treat clothing and are safe for pregnant or nursing mothers and their children. These repellants can be purchased through online retailers and local sporting goods stores. Additionally, long sleeve, light-colored shirts protect from mosquito bites and sun exposure. Mosquito netting should be placed over infant carriers to prevent contact. Zika virus is transmitted to humans by Aedes mosquitos and blood transfusions. Infected males can also pass the virus on to partners through unprotected sex. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 4 in 5 people infected do not develop symptoms of the virus. Symptoms include fever, rash, headaches, joint and muscle aches, and conjunctivitis. "Avoiding mosquito bites is the best way to prevent infection," Lam said. "Mosquitos carrying Zika bite mostly during the day. There is currently no specific antiviral treatment, vaccine or drug for the virus." The Zika mosquito awareness video can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyR1uBepw60/. For the most current information about the Zika virus, please visit the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center's website at http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/nmcphc/Pages/Home.aspx/. Navy Medicine is a global health care network of 63,000 personnel that provide health care support to the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, their families and veterans in high operational tempo environments, at expeditionary medical facilities, medical treatment facilities, hospitals, clinics, hospital ships and research units around the world. For more information, visit http://www.navy.mil/, http://www.facebook.com/usnavy/, or http://www.twitter.com/usnavy/. For more news from Navy Medicine, visit http://www.navy.mil/local/mednews/. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=95380

In this, our first close look at the revised 2017 CDC/HHS Community Pandemic Mitigation Plan, published yesterday in the MMWR, we look at the new gauge of pandemic intensity; the PSAF (Pandemic Severity Assessment Framework).

The Pandemic Severity Index (see graphic below) was adopted in the 2007 Community Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Mitigation plan as a way to quantify the likely impact of any pandemic outbreak. It was based on the initial CFR (Case Fatality Ratio) of the virus, and was modeled in many respects after the 5 category Saffir-Simpson wind scale used for hurricanes.

While a familiar format to most Americans, it ran into some of the same problems during the 2009 pandemic that the Saffir-Simpson scale has run into with Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Superstorm Sandy in New York, and Hurricane Mathew along Florida's east coast.

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A single metric (be it CFR or wind speed) doesn't always accurately predict the impact of a pandemic or a hurricane.

In 2009, early reports (where the most seriously ill are most likely to be identified) suggested an elevated case fatality rate. Not unexpectedly, people were taking that number, and multiplying it times 30% of the population, and coming up with horrendous death tolls (see Categorically Speaking).

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And just as there can be a huge difference in damage between a Cat 3 hurricane hitting Miami (as Wilma did in 2005), and a Cat 3 hitting New Orleans (as Katrina did the same year), what may turn out to be a CAT 1 pandemic in Ottumwa, Iowacould well end up being a CAT 2+ pandemic in Mumbai, India.

A one size-fits-all rating, based on a single (easily misjudged) metric, can go quickly awry. Add in the fact that pandemic viruses are constantly evolving, and what might start out as a mild pandemic could strengthen over time, while a severe pandemic might weaken greatly after the opening weeks or months.

What is needed is a more comprehensive and encompassing method of assessing a pandemic virus and predicting its likely impact. To that end, we have the PSAF.

Assessing Pandemic Severity and Health ImpactWhen a novel influenza virus emerges that can spread easily and efficiently and cause a pandemic, CDC and partners must gauge its projected impact and recommend rapid action to reduce virus transmission, protect vulnerable population groups, and minimize societal disruption (5). Historically, the severity of influenza pandemics has been estimated by calculating case-fatality ratios.§§ However, as we learned during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic (Box 1), case-fatality ratios may be difficult to measure early in a pandemic because of care-seeking behavior and testing practices (i.e., not everyone will seek care for their illness, and not everyone will be tested and diagnosed with pandemic influenza). As a result, severe and fatal cases may be more likely to be reported, creating a bias.Due to such limitations, reliance on any single measure of viral transmission or clinical outcomes is unlikely to provide an accurate estimate of the potential impact of an emerging pandemic. CDC has, therefore, developed a new assessment framework that uses multiple clinical and epidemiologic indicators to create a comprehensive picture of the potential impact of an emerging pandemic (3). As indicated in Tables 5 and 6, the Pandemic Severity Assessment Framework (PSAF) estimates pandemic severity (or health impact) by synthesizing multiple measurements of:

Additional PSAF data may be obtained by characterizing genetic markers in a pandemic virus and by conducting animal studies on its transmissibility and virulence.

No matter how well designed the algorithm, getting good numbers out of a formula requires plugging `good' numbers in. And getting those numbers - particularly through the `fog of flu' common in the early days of a pandemic - may not be possible.

But once reasonably accurate data becomes available, this method ought to provide us with a much better idea of what we are facing and must prepare for. Posted by Michael Coston at 2:09 PM

Sub for more: http://nnn.is/the_new_media | Martin Lioll for The Conservative Tribune reports, A new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has seen an 800 percent increase in infected persons in just one week, and it has many wondering whether it could be a prelude to the type of outbreak the world experienced in 2014.

Amid statewide efforts to clean up the aftermath left by the historic flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey, the Pentagon announced last week that it had dispatched C-130H Sprayers from the Air Force Reserve's 910th Airlift Wing in order to "assist with recovery efforts in eastern Texas." However, these "recovery efforts" have little to do with rebuilding damaged structures or with the resettlement of evacuees. Instead, they are set to spray chemicals in order to help "control pest insect populations," which they allege pose a "health risk to rescue workers and residents of Houston."

The Pentagon has requested that the planes treat more than 6 million acres throughout the Houston area. The Air Force noted that the current effort is "expected to significantly surpass previous [spraying] missions in scope," specifically the spraying campaigns that followed Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Naled's Toxicity Not Confined to Mosquitoes

While the Pentagon has framed its efforts to "assist" as seeking to eliminate a potential human health risk, the particular chemical it is using to control insect populations is likely to do more harm than good. According to the Air Force, the mosquito control protocol involves spraying the "Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved and regulated material, Naled," which the Air Force insists will not be used in amounts large enough to "cause any concern for human health."

Naled is a known neurotoxin in animals and humans, as it inhibits acetylcholinesterase—an enzyme essential to nerve function and communication—and has even been known to have caused paralysis. Mounting scientific evidence, including a recent Harvard study, has also pointed to Naled's responsibility for the mass die-off of North American bees. Just one day of Naled spraying in South Carolina killed more than 2.5 million bees last year.

Yet, the most concerning consequence Naled poses for human health is the chemical's ability to cross the placental barrier—meaning that Naled freely crosses from mother to fetus. A study conducted at the University of Oslo found that Naled's breakdown product, dichlorvos, caused a 15 percent decrease in the brain size of newborn guinea pigs when their mothers were exposed to Naled for only three days during pregnancy. Doctors from Puerto Rico have also claimed that Naled harms fetuses.

Studies in the U.S. have also shown that pregnant women exposed to Naled had a 60 percent higher chance of having a child with an autism-spectrum disorder.

This is especially troubling given that the manufacturer of Naled, Sumimoto Chemical Corp., is also the manufacturer of the mosquito larvicide SumiLarv, a chemical now believed to have been the real culprit behind the spike in birth defects in Brazil originally attributed to the Zika virus.

At the height of the Zika scare, a group of Argentine doctors, Médicos de Pueblos Fumigados, published a report citing a pesticide used to kill mosquito larva as the real cause of the birth defects. According to the report, the area where most of the affected Brazilian families live, Pernambuco, had its drinking water treated for 18 months with a chemical larvicide that produces fatal birth defects in mosquitoes.

Pernambuco subsequently reported more than 4,000 cases of microcephaly in 2015. In contrast, in Colombia, public health officials diagnosed more than 17,000 pregnant women with Zika last year, yet only 18 cases of Zika-associated microcephaly were reported—less than 0.2 percent of the total.

In addition, the Air Force's characterization of Naled as an "EPA approved and regulated material" omits the important fact that the EPA is currently re-evaluating the chemical for safety. According to the EPA's website, "the EPA expects to issue new human health and ecological risk assessments for Naled before the end of 2017." Scientists and concerned citizens have noted that Naled will likely be banned as the EPA found it to harm 22 out of 28 endangered species exposed to it.Agrochem Corp Pressures to Keep Naled on the Market

However, political pressure could keep it on the market. Such pressure was manifest in last year's "Zika Vector Control Act," which passed the House but failed in the Senate and narrowly missed becoming law. If it had been passed, the act would have exempted mosquito-control operations from environmental regulations and would have kept Naled on the market regardless of the EPA's decision. It also would have ended monitoring of and limits to pesticide use.

Though the act ultimately failed to become law, there will likely be another effort at preventing the chemical from being banned by the EPA. It is currently "one of the most widely used pesticides in the United States for aerial mosquito control" and has been applied to "about 16 million acres per year in the continental United States."

Given its wide use, the chemical's manufacturer and its strategic partner Monsanto will likely want to keep such a profitable product on the market, lest they face a mass drop in sales and revenue.

After ominous warnings over the past six weeks, including credible reports of a potential pandemic, all plague news has suddenly stopped -- very strangely. The above search of the UN web page for Madagascar, where this plague appears to have been released by a disgraced, mad, pandemic scientist shows a highly disturbing pattern: WHO has stopped issuing updates and information for the past five days.

Consider that under "normal" [weaponized] pandemic circumstances, whether the news in them is true or not. updates are issued continually. The sudden absence of all official news is decidedly unusual and worrisome.

This Yahoo search of "latest news" of the plague suggests censorship of plague developments. Note that all of the "latest news" is at least five days old. This search, conducted at about 7:30 PM on 30 Oct 2017, is typical: no news, and that's very bad news.

Frankly, when the news stops this way, early in a weaponized disease outbreak, we have a lot to worry about. The Natural Solutions Foundation is taking the step of raising the alarm: keep your eyes open and your immune system ready! Rima E. Laibow, MD, Medical Director of the Foundation, stated today,

Citation:

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The news blackout, of course, may end as quickly as it started. My analysis, however, is that rather than being "unnewsworthy" the situation is so serious that the public health 'authorities' are stonewalling to prevent public panic.

In these "interesting times" advance preparation may be the only thing that saves your life. Join the Natural Solutions Foundation email list for updates on these and other vital health freedom developments. www.DrRimaTruthReports.com

In San Diego, California the city is dealing with a hepatitis outbreak. In part stemming from the terrible conditions that many of the cities homeless have been dealing with. Three industrial sized tents were opened up for the homeless in an effort to contain the outbreak. Two giant tents that were larger were opened up later in the month. In total, approximately 350 single men and women could be held there.

It is projected that approximately two more will be opened up again to deal with the increasing demand. One is specifically made for families and the other will be made for veterans. In total, they should all be able to hold 700 people collectively.

20 people so far have been killed due to the hepatitis A outbreak. It is the worst outbreak of its kind in over 20 years. The virus itself is expected to have been contained and contracted from feces. Since many homeless people defecate in the street it is not at all uncommon that homeless people could contract it that way.

Bob McElroy of the Alpha Project said, “There’s going to be a marked different in what we see on the streets today and what we see at this time next year.”

The non-profit helped to fundraise for and open the tent that opened just this past Friday. It was created because of not only the outbreak but increasing numbers of homeless people. If this strain of hepatitis is found on the street and the number of homeless people is continuing to rise then it is not a ridiculous theory to say that this outbreak number will continue to rise as well.

Crews work in front of the the city’s new Temporary Bridge Shelter for the homeless Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, in San Diego. The first of three shelters opened Friday, which will eventually provide beds for up to 700 people, as the city struggles to control a homeless crisis gripping the region. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

An industrial tent, one of three that will serve as “bridge housing” for many homeless people in San Diego is expected to open Friday in Logan Heights near Petco Park downtown. (John Gibbins / San Diego Union-Tribune)

The Daily Mail reported, Verna Vasbinder, 47, was among the first to move from the campground. She rolled in with her little black dog, Lucy Lui, on the seat of her walker with a cardboard sign hanging off the back that read: ‘Don’t Touch the Dog! The Human Bites!’

She plopped down on her bunk bed and already felt lucky to be finally under a roof.

‘My bones were hurting very badly sleeping on the ground,’ said Vasbinder, who has been homeless for six years. ‘And the dew, moisture in the morning. Whew! I’m out of the cold, off the ground and I’ll be feeling better in a few days. All I need is to rest in a bed.’

Mayor Kevin Faulconer, who welcomed her to the tent, said the goal is to move 65 percent of the occupants into permanent housing. The city had to divert $6.5 million budgeted for permanent housing to fund the operation of the tents for seven months.

The tents will provide an array of services from mental health care to housing navigators. But the city still faces an acute housing shortage for the poor. Faulconer has earmarked more than $80 million in funds to address the problem.

Verna Vasbinder prepares her her new bunk in the city’s new Temporary Bridge Shelter for the homeless as her dog, Lucy Lui, looks on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, in San Diego. The first of three shelters opened Friday, which will eventually provide beds for up to 700 people, as the city struggles to control a homeless crisis gripping the region. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Verna Vasbinder looks on from her new bunk in the city’s new Temporary Bridge Shelter for the homeless Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, in San Diego. The first of three shelters opened Friday, which will eventually provide beds for up to 700 people, as the city struggles to control a homeless crisis gripping the region. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Gemma Librado lives a block away from the tent that opened Friday. She said she is glad to see the streets being cleaned up but she worries it may attract more homeless. Last Sunday, a homeless man high on drugs and with a bleeding hand ran into her apartment when she opened the door and locked himself in the bathroom. She and her six-year-old son ran out and called the police. The man broke things in her bathroom, left bloodstains on the floor and scared her. ‘If this makes things more orderly than I support this,’ she said. ‘But I’m worried. I don’t want this to bring in more homeless to the area and people using drugs. There are families with children around here.'”

Look at some of the people who have been affected,

Crews continue with the final preparations in the city’s new Temporary Bridge Shelter for the homeless Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, in San Diego. The first of three shelters opened Friday, which will eventually provide beds for up to 700 people, as the city struggles to control a homeless crisis gripping the region. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

It appears that this issue is an incredibly multifaceted and multidimensional issue. Dealing with things such as homelessness, disease contraction, drug use, as well as other variables. They all play a role in interacting with one another and if you don’t deal with them all then there is no way to fix the problem.

Considering the homeless can sometimes be transient there is certainly a concern with this outbreak spreading to other cities in California as well as across the United States. While that is a long shot it is definitely a possibility that should be taken into consideration.